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Meaning of the City by BIBLICAL AND THE THEOLOGICAL CLASSICS LIBRARY / City in the theology of the Bible / French Reformed sociologist, historian and lawyer / Cover Illustration: 'Venice: Piazza San Marco and the Colonnade of the Procuratie Nueve'
UPC: 0853647917
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 0853647917
- ISBN-13 : 9780853647911
- Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
The city is a place of ambiguity. Whilst demonstrating the independence and creativity of man, it represents man's ultimate rejection of God. Therefore it is the city, home of man's rebellious heart, that must
be reformed. The Meaning of the City is the theological 'counterpoint' to Ellul's Technological Society, a work that analysed the phenomenon of the autonomous and totally manipulative post-industrial world. Here, he firmly roots his analysis of the city in the theology of the Bible. "There are very few convincing religious analyses of the sociological phenomena of the present day... Ellul's biblically based sociology
is today furnishing the matter for a large and growing group of social protestants." John Wilkinson, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Santa Barbara, California. Jaques Ellul (1912-1994) was a French Reformed sociologist, historian and lawyer. He served as Professor of the History and Sociology of Institutions in the University of Bordeaux.
